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An
aggressively managed portfolio taking positions on speculative opportunities.
Most hedge funds are limited to a maximum of 100 investors. For the
most part hedge funds are unregulated because it is assumed the people
investing in these are very sophisticated and wealthy.
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Don't
be fooled by the name, true hedging refers to reducing risk, but hedge
funds use options, short selling and any other strategy to increase
leverage and get a maximum rate of return. |
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